Daniel Waley

Daniel Philip Waley (20 March 1921 – 25 May 2017) was a British historian, manuscript specialist, and professor. He was best known for his books on medieval history.

Waley was educated at Dauntsey's School and King's College, Cambridge. During World War II he served in North Africa and Italy. From 1949 he taught at the London School of Economics, University of London, as Lecturer in Medieval History. After obtaining his doctorate in 1961 he became Reader and from 1970 to 1972 Professor of History at the London School of Economics.

In 1972 Daniel Waley was appointed Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum, transferring in 1973 to the newly-formed British Library. He retired in 1986. In 1990 he was awarded the British Academy's Serena Medal, and in 1991 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. In addition to the books listed below, he published numerous articles and reviews.

Works

• Mediaeval Orvieto: The Political History of an Italian City-State 1157–1334 (1952)
• The Papal State in the Thirteenth Century (1961)
• Later Medieval Europe: from Saint Louis to Luther (1964)
• The Italian City Republics (1969)
• British Public Opinion and the Abyssinian War, 1935-6 (1975)
• George Eliot's Blotter: a commonplace-book (1980)
• Siena and the Sienese in the Thirteenth Century (1991)

References

• Biography of Daniel Waley from Later Medieval Europe: 1250–1520 (1964) by Daniel Waley

External links

• British Academy
• British Library
• Goodreads
• Obituary Notice